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La Bamba is a 1987 American biographical drama film written and directed by Luis Valdez. The film follows the life and short-lived musical career of American Chicano rock and roll star Ritchie Valens. The film stars Lou Diamond Phillips as Valens, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto, Elizabeth Peña, Danielle von Zerneck and Joe Pantoliano. The film ...
- $6.5 million
- Taylor Hackford, Bill Borden
- July 24, 1987
Jul 24, 1987 · La Bamba: Directed by Luis Valdez. With Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales, Rosanna DeSoto, Elizabeth Peña. Biographical story of the rise from nowhere of early rock and roll singer Ritchie Valens who died at age 17 in a plane crash with Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper.
- (36K)
- Biography, Drama, Music
- Luis Valdez
- 1987-07-24
Los Angeles teenager Ritchie Valens (Lou Diamond Phillips) becomes an overnight rock 'n' roll success in 1958, thanks to a love ballad called "Donna" that he wrote for his girlfriend (Danielle von...
- (1.2K)
- Luis Valdez
- PG-13
- Lou Diamond Phillips
Watch La Bamba | Netflix. The plane crash that killed Buddy Holly also took Ritchie Valens, whose modest upbringing and rise to fame are depicted in this exhilarating biopic. Watch trailers & learn more.
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- 1987
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181M subscribers. Subscribed. 9K. Obsessed with music and full of dreams, Ritchie Valens (Lou Diamond Phillips) bursts into the glittering world of 1950's rock with a string of chart-busting...
Miles Goodman. The brief but incandescent life of rock-and-roll trailblazer Ritchie Valens is immortalized in this enthralling biopic from another Mexican American icon, Luis Valdez, the father of Chicano cinema. With sweetness and swagger, Lou Diamond Phillips embodies the 1950s California teenager who, forged by his fiercely supportive mother ...